'Now, the early guys got it. Schindler, Neutra, Wright,' says Barton Myers, sitting on a ledge of the terrace outside of his most recent steel and glass house in Montecito, California, completed in 2009.

Many architects claim they build with light, as if they possess an alchemical ability to make the ethereal material.

A cluster of boxes united by irregular, interstitial space, InBetween House mimics the Japanese urban condition on an architectural scale.

A house is not a museum. And the clients for a 3,000-square-foot weekend retreat in Connecticut clearly knew that.

Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Project X Almere, The Netherlands Ren' Van Zuuk Architekten << Return to article the People Client: René van Zuuk & Marjo Körner Architect: Ren' Van Zuuk Architekten Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Office: René van Zuuk Architekten b.v., Almere  / NL Design: René van Zuuk Structural Engineer: Van de Laar, Eindhoven  / NL Photographer(s): Christian Richters   the Products Walls: Rockwool; Alvon; Rigips; Calduran; Cembonit Floors: Unidek Roof: Dow Corning; Hertalan Ventilation: Stork Plumbing: Duravit

The densest area in the NETHERLANDS includes Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and everything in between.

Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Tree House Tokyo Mount Fuji Architects Studio << Return to article the People Architect: Masahiro Harada+MAO/MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO Akasaka heights 501 9-5-26 Akasaka,Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 *tel+fax +81(0)3-3475-1800 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Architect of record: Naoto Ishii Engineer(s):Jun Sato structural engineers Consultant(s): Shin-ei General contractor: Asterisk Builders Photographer(s): Ken'ichi Suzuki +81 4 7171 0186 Shinkenchiku-sha +81 3 3811 7101 CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vector works   the Products Structural system: Wood

Inspired by that magical space sheltered beneath leafy, deciduous branches, Tree House, designed by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, revolves around a single column measuring 4 feet in diameter that supports frames (aka “branches”) of engineered wood.